Jeremiah 40:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans that shall come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִ֤י יֹשֵׁב֙ בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה לַֽעֲמֹד֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָבֹ֖אוּ אֵלֵ֑ינוּ וְאַתֶּ֡ם אִסְפוּ֩ יַ֨יִן וְקַ֜יִץ וְשֶׁ֗מֶן וְשִׂ֙מוּ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וּשְׁב֖וּ בְּעָרֵיכֶ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־תְּפַשְׂתֶּֽם׃

Transliteration

And I, hinənî yōšēb in hammişpâ to laʿămōd before the kaśdîm who will yābōʾû to us. But you, ʾispû yayin and qayiş and šemen and śîmû in your kəlêkem and šəbû in your ʿārêkem which you have təpaśtem.

Grammar Details

*hinənî*: presentative particle with 1st person singular suffix - behold me
*yōšēb*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/staying
*hammişpâ*: proper noun with definite article - the Mizpah
*laʿămōd*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - to stand
*kaśdîm*: proper noun, masculine plural with definite article - the Chaldeans
*yābōʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will come
*ʾispû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - gather/collect
*yayin*: noun, masculine singular - wine
*qayiş*: noun, masculine singular - summer fruit
*šemen*: noun, masculine singular - oil
*śîmû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - put/place
*kəlêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your vessels
*šəbû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - dwell/stay
*ʿārêkem*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your cities
*təpaśtem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have seized/taken possession of

Word Meanings

*hinənî*: behold me/here I am (emphatic self-reference)
*yōšēb*: dwelling/staying/living/remaining
*laʿămōd*: to stand/serve/represent/intercede
*kaśdîm*: Chaldeans (Babylonians)
*ʾispû*: gather/collect/harvest/store
*yayin*: wine/grape beverage
*qayiş*: summer fruit/harvest
*šemen*: oil/olive oil/fat
*śîmû*: put/place/store/keep
*kəlêkem*: your vessels/containers/jars
*təpaśtem*: you have seized/taken possession of/occupied/captured

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Referenced Verses

Jer 40:12 : 12 then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
Jer 48:32 : 32 With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen.
Isa 16:9 : 9 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the [battle] shout is fallen.
Jer 35:19 : 19 therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Deut 1:38 : 38 Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
2 Sam 16:1 : 1 And when David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Jer 40:6 : 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
Mic 7:1 : 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.
Luke 21:36 : 36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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